send a postcard

sulz over at bloggerdygook has had a genius idea to brighten otherwise ordinary hour slogging through your mailbox. You know what I’m talking about; you put off dealing with the mail because you just know there will be nothing there but bills, newsletters from realtors, spam, and maybe something from your cousin telling you it’s your turn to host the family dinner. Hoo boy, how exciting. Now she’s come up with something that makes slogging through the inbox a positive pleasure, and the more it spreads the more effective it will be.

Postcards.

I believe in the ability of little things to make a person’s day, whether it’s a nice, sincere compliment given by someone familiar or a smile given by a stranger. I hope to make someone’s day by sending a postcard. All you need to do is give your name & address via the contact form [on her blog] (it goes directly to my e-mail).

You may also include a short description about yourself, what you like or dislike, basically any little trivia about yourself; then I can try to compose a message based on the information. You may also request what sort of postcard you’d like (ie. landscape pictures, postcards with funny / inspirational sayings, etc.) as I have a pretty good collection of postcards.

Why am I doing this, did I hear you ask?

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Why not?

I hope anyone who receives a postcard would make my day too. Just upload a photo of the postcard (front and back) when you receive it and send it to me via e-mail, so I would know that you have received it, and that I can blog about it here too.

See, now even though I am renowned on three continents for NEVER getting stuff in the mail promptly (hi sis, your birthday present from 1998 should be along any day now), yes, even I can handle sending an e-postcard! And as for getting one from Malaysia: How Cool!

Nick Bantock wrote Griffin and Sabine, a book in the form of postcards, because he was jealous of all the nifty, exotic postcards that he saw other people getting. It was a best-seller in Canada, the US, and the UK. Actually, France too, for whatever reason. And it’s a great book. Maybe you’ll put together a book “My year of Postcards” or something, so be sure to scan them before you send them for future use.

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